Good afternoon.9-11 the day of remembrance.

I lived in a neighboring borough of New York. I will never forget 9/11 and can't believe it's been 16 years already. My thoughts and prayers for everyone that was affected by this destructive storm Irma and I also kinda wondered why all the newscasters were sent to Florida to cover the storm in areas that had to evacuate.

During 9/11 I was teaching. We took turns watching each other's classes to watch the horrors on the big screen TV in the library. My older son just started his career the day before in NYC and saw the towers go. I suppose someone has to report the weather. lol

We were still sleeping and my friend called us up in hysterics to let us know what happened. I was mad at her for waking us up, but didn't realize how serious she was til we actually saw the news. Last night we were wondering why those newscasters were "in" the storm too!!

Yes, it is a day to remember what happened 16 years ago. It's hard to believe it's been that long but with the way the world changed in an instant I sometimes wish we could turn back the clock to a nicer time and not need to worry about terrorists. I only check in on Irma once in a while, because it is all the same. The damage done by the hurricane is horrendous.

Believe it or not, they seem to look forward to disastrous occasions like these. Some even seem disappointed when the hurricane is not as bad as predicted. I once worked in a newsroom - so I know how they react.

I was shocked when I saw the news that day. Prayers still goes to the people who lost their lives at 9/11. ?????

You are allowed your opinion. I did feel that the storm overshadowed the remembrance. I think this is the only 9.11 discussion I saw yesterday.

Good Afternoon Fredo.

I find it amazing that we can all remember exactly what we were doing on that day. I remember it was early morning and I was headed to college. By the time I got inside of my college I noticed that everyone was gathered around the tv which was strange because we had no tv in that area. By the time I approached the tv I saw that one of the buildings looked like it had been damaged, smoke was coming out of it too. It was shocking, did feel like I was watching a movie.

I tried not to think about it, but I happened to remember it since it was my nephew's bday before the tragic loss of 3000 people. It was morning when I was supposed to go to school when it was reported all over the news.

you mean 16 years ago....we had just moved south and were on our way to motor vehicle to get our TN drivers licenses when it came on the news.

I know, right? I got bored and changed channels. Reporting the weather ain't worth getting killed over @amadeo .

We were in a hotel room celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary when 9/11 happened so the date is engraved on our memory too.

I was hungover that morning. They were talking about it on sports talk radio. I had to turn on CNN to see what was going on.

You know, you're right about the hurricane coverage. Here's a summary: "We'll go now to our reporter Tony Toopay in the south end of town. What's it look like, Tony?" "Brad, the wind is blowing so hard I can barely stand up and it's raining so hard I can't see across the street! Back to you, Brad." "Thanks, Tony. Now we'll go to our reporter Sandy Slipskirt in the west side. How are things there?" "Brad, the wind is blowing so hard I can barely stand up and it's raining so hard I can't see across the street! Back to you, Brad." "Thanks, Sandy. Now we'll switch to Billy Blowhard in the exclusive side of town. What can you tell us, Billy?" "Brad, the wind is blowing so hard I can barely stand up and it's raining so hard I can't see across the street! Back to you, Brad." "Thanks, Billy. Now we turn to chief meteorologist Itza Jestagest for the latest on the storm." "Thanks, Brad." (Shows radar.) "It's raining everywhere."

We need to learn something from 9/11/ To make sure our country is safe.

I will never forget 9/11 either. My youngest son was 5 at the time. He stayed home from school that day because he was sick. My husband was off that day from work. My son had cartoons on. My neighbor called and told me to switch channels because a tower had been hit by a plane. I changed it and my husband and I were shocked and glued to the TV for most of the day.

I've often wondered about reporters telling people to stay inside and off of the roads during different kinds of storms while they are out in the midst of them themselves. Really-kinda dumb isn't it?

Yes it was overdone. They were unnecessarily risking their lives and especially CNN makes a huge drama over all these events for sure.

I agree with you, that was my very first thought! What are those stupid news reporters doing, right on the shoreline filming this violent storm!:( Are they crazy, or what? Many of them have been killed, through the years doing stupid things, just like this!:(